E-Governance

In order to bring in speed and transparency of business, computerization of the major activities of the Corporation was necessary. In fact, IDCO started its computerization activities as early as 1997 with the help of MECON. In the year 2004, integrated software has been developed through an external agency on Oracle platform covering most of the functional activities of the Corporation. The IT infrastructure also grew in size during these years. In the year 2008, IDCO engaged Dr. Gopal Nayak, Director, IIIT as the IT Consultant and entered into an agreement with IIIT for complete IT enablement of the Corporation. Under the guidance of the IT Consultant, up-gradation of the IT infrastructure as well as technology up-gradation has been taken up. As of now, the following systems have been developed and are in use for the day to day functioning of the Corporation.
 

1. Centralized Database Management

A Centralized Database Management through Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connecting all the Divisions with the Head Office has been developed. Through this system, all the Divisions can remotely access the Database Server located at Head Office for Financial Accounts Management, Salary, Gratuity & Provident Fund etc.

2. Virtual Private Network

In order to achieve more safety and speed in transfer of data, A VPN network has been established connecting the Divisions with the Head Office.

3. Virtualization Technology

For ease in management and to save on IT hardware cost, virtual host servers have been introduced.

4. e-Procurement

In order to bring in transparency in the tendering process, e-Tendering system has been introduced in IDCO. All the tenders above Rs. 50,000,00.00 are put to e-Tendering.

5. e-Despatch

The conventional method of dispatching letters has been discontinued and in its place e-Despatch System has been introduced.

6. Project Management System

Facility has been created for Planning & Monitoring of major construction projects using Primavera.

7. Land Management System

Software has been developed for management of Land Acquisition and Land Alienation, which can be remotely accessed by the Land Officers.

8. Geographic Information System (GIS)

A GIS wing has been created in IDCO with technical assistance from OCAC for digitization of land maps.

9. Web-enabled ID Management System

A web-enabled ID Management system using Oracle platform has been developed.

10. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

There is a proposal to introduce a complete ERP Solution covering all the functional activities of the Corporation.
The Corporation has its own hardware and network maintenance system.